Strange - I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter! Dani Shapiro bookfilmhusband Change image and share on social
I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult. Dani Shapiro actadultcommercial Change image and share on social
As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness. Dani Shapiro imaginejobwitness Change image and share on social
I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible. Dani Shapiro knowwantwriter Change image and share on social
If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative. Dani Shapiro blamecreativehurt Change image and share on social
Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything. We mull and interpret. We store away clues, details that may be useful to us later. Dani Shapiro cluedetailglass share on social
Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock. Dani Shapiro bedrockbeneathendless Change image and share on social
One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew. Dani Shapiro fluenthebrewjew Change image and share on social
Sometimes when I'm at my desk, I'll realize that I have contorted myself completely, and I haven't moved for hours, and that my legs have fallen asleep. I am elsewhere, not in my body, not in the room, not in my house. Dani Shapiro asleepbodycompletely share on social
Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?' Dani Shapiro bookdealfear Change image and share on social
